§ 8-5-1 Time and place of regular meetings
§ 8-5-2 Business at board meetings–Special meetings–Filing of business with clerk
§ 8-5-3 Quorum at meetings of board
§ 8-5-4 General powers of board–Orders for disbursement of funds
§ 8-5-5 Prosecution of actions for benefit of township–Trespass on township property
§ 8-5-6 Equalization of township assessments
§ 8-5-8 Appeals from board of supervisors–Time of taking–Service and filing of notice
§ 8-5-9 Transcript filed by board on appeals–Settlement and framing of issues
§ 8-5-10 Hearing de novo on appeals–Judgment and order of circuit court
§ 8-5-11 Appeals to Supreme Court
§ 8-5-12 Appeal cumulative to other remedies
§ 8-5-13 Firearms regulation prohibited–Action by attorney general
§ 8-5-14 Supervisor names and phone numbers to be posted on township website
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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 8 > Chapter 5 - Township Board of Supervisors

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2